Weekend option non-bedside positions?

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Specializes in ICU.

Do they exist or are they magical unicorns?

I'm going to be in school full time for at least a year and a half starting in January (Monday through Friday mornings, with 2-3 afternoon labs scattered throughout the week), and I am finally coming to terms with the idea that a weekend option position might be best. However, I am really getting tired of bedside nursing, and it looks like most non-bedside positions are M-F 9-5, which is absolutely not doable.

I also need either a benefitted position or big money, since I'm not married and there's no way I could afford health insurance out of pocket on anything close to the money I'm making right now.

I have found one non-bedside weekend position and have applied for it (a supportive care liaison between critical care and palliative care), but all I've found is that one position. I have also found a non-benefitted navigator position that only works Fridays and Saturdays, but that's not doable for me either due to the days I'd work plus the lack of benefits.

Do any of you work these sort of positions? What do you do, and how did you find the job?

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I spent 5 years working night 12s on Fri, Sat, and Sun nights while I home schooled my son. Full time benefits. Other staff loved me for it!

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Specializes in Emergency Medicine.

As for non bedside positions- my hospital does not have them, and I'm at a large hospital.

My hospital is also doing away with weekend option bc they pay these nurses so much. The nurses in these positions can keep them but they are not hiring any new staff to fill those positions.

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Specializes in Clinical Research, Outpt Women's Health.

How about hospice weekend on call nurse?

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.
Do they exist or are they magical unicorns?

I'm going to be in school full time for at least a year and a half starting in January (Monday through Friday mornings, with 2-3 afternoon labs scattered throughout the week), and I am finally coming to terms with the idea that a weekend option position might be best. However, I am really getting tired of bedside nursing, and it looks like most non-bedside positions are M-F 9-5, which is absolutely not doable.

I also need either a benefitted position or big money, since I'm not married and there's no way I could afford health insurance out of pocket on anything close to the money I'm making right now.

I have found one non-bedside weekend position and have applied for it (a supportive care liaison between critical care and palliative care), but all I've found is that one position. I have also found a non-benefitted navigator position that only works Fridays and Saturdays, but that's not doable for me either due to the days I'd work plus the lack of benefits.

Do any of you work these sort of positions? What do you do, and how did you find the job?

Well, don't we all?

"I want to be underpaid, without benefits" said no one ever.

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Specializes in Pedi.

Most non-bedside positions are Mon-Fri. I am not clear on what kind of position you are looking for but offices, case management, etc. are all typically Mon-Fri.

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I have seen weekend - only positions in home health. Don't know if that's something you've considered.

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Specializes in ICU.

I will have to check out home health - that's a good idea I hadn't really thought of.

And, yeah, that was a dumb statement with the big money comment - but by big money, I mean I'd be very happy if I could get $45k/year working weekends. That would be big money for less than full time hours here... my base salary without diffs is pretty close to that, but for 3 shifts/week.

There is a hospital system over an hour away that offers true weekend option positions making about what I make now, so that will be an option if all else fails, but I'm not sure $23/hr for 24 hours per week is going to pay the bills plus tuition, plus the huge hike in insurance premiums from being a part time employee. That would come out to around $1400/month after taxes, around $700 per check, plus whatever insurance needed to come out.

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Specializes in ICU.
I spent 5 years working night 12s on Fri, Sat, and Sun nights while I home schooled my son. Full time benefits. Other staff loved me for it!

I wish I could do that. I have class on Monday from 9-10, 10-11, and 1-5, so by the time I got home I'd be up for well over 24 hours if I tried to work Sunday night. I don't think that would go over too well with my body.

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Specializes in Telemetry.

Have you looked into being a rounding nurse for a specialty at local hospitals? Some hire weekend nurses and instead of working with one provider they work with whichever provider is on that weekend.

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Specializes in Peds, Oncology.
Have you looked into being a rounding nurse for a specialty at local hospitals? Some hire weekend nurses and instead of working with one provider they work with whichever provider is on that weekend.

That's a great idea. My local hospital had a few postings for weekend rounding nurses, one for GI and I don't remember what the other one was for. I think they were Sat-Sun day shift, 10 hr shifts.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Agency- weekend option

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